Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:29:51 +0100 From: alive <alive@dienub.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 for desktop use? Message-ID: <d540b42863905eb88c89ddedd212a970@dienub.org> In-Reply-To: <20080305171303.GA35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080305171303.GA35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:13:03 +0100, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 12:36:33AM -0500, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: >> I have new hardware (Abit ip35-pro, Intel Q6600), and was contemplating >> installing FreeBSD/arch, but now realise that I am going to have some >> problems. >> >> My nvidia card will not be of much use (GeForce 8500GT), since > nvidia-drivers >> are not there for amd64, and the open source nv driver does not even > support >> XVideo extension for these cards. I can downgrade to a nv 7xxx series > card, >> which works better with the open driver. I do not mind loss of 3D > support, >> but would need basic things like mplayer. > > Any ATI card up to and including the 9250 (rv280) is fully supported on > amd64, 3D and all. (I know because I've got one :-) Oh, is that so? Could you please tell me how you got it to work? Because I've got GREAT issues getting *ANY* ATI card to work with at least Composite on FreeBSD and/or Linux. And I've even got i386. Or has something happened since I last cried myself to sleep over this driverless hell? -- Sincerely, Rada
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